**Extraordinary Assumptions: There are a lot of different data sources in this report not all of them match but aid to provide an overall picture of the current situation. COVID-19 Data Source Comparison - https://covid-19.splunkforgood.com/covid_19_datasource_comparison Daily Situation Summary Friday, January 15, 2021 As of 10:00 AM COVID-19 by the Numbers San 01/15/2021 Los San San Luis Santa So-Cal United Riverside Imperial Kern Angeles* Orange Bernardino Diego Obispo Barbara Ventura Mono* Inyo Region California States Global Total Cases 231,684 24,882 77,070 954,652 204,442 243,379 204,173 14,851 23,126 57,941 1,017 790 1,960,937 2,859,624 23,193,703 91,816,091 New Cases 3,492 165 1,021 16,667 3,284 3,188 2,595 226 412 1,488 9 5 31,531 42,655 227,746 709,865 Total Cases Per Capita 9,387 12,983 8,312 9,307 6,332 10,976 6,058 3,254 5,212 6,795 7,285 4,281 8,338 7,126 7,011 1,187 New Cases Per Capita 141.48 86.09 110.11 162.49 101.72 143.77 76.99 49.52 92.85 174.49 64.47 27.10 1,121 106.29 68.84 9.18 Not Recovered 150,726 22,348 24,353 Not Reported 129,485 216,842 153,590 11,919 19,987 48,577 Reported 682 754,156 1,219,573 14,168,373 67,196,627 Total Deaths 2,399 460 551 13,234 2,195 1,560 2,005 125 223 401 4 27 22,633 32,291 387,255 1,986,871 New Deaths 92 6 1 279 16 9 53 6 9 13 0 0 483 637 3,904 15,407 Deaths Per Capita 97.20 240.02 59.42 129.02 67.99 70.35 59.49 27.39 50.25 47.02 28.65 146.32 96.23 80.47 117.06 25.68 Presumptive active cases 78,559 2,074 52,166 72,762 24,977 48,578 2,807 2,916 8,963 81 241,717 1,607,760 8,638,075 22,632,593 % of State's Cases 8.10% 0.87% 2.70% 33.38% 7.15% 8.51% 7.14% 0.52% 0.81% 2.03% 0.04% 0.03% 68.57% 12.33% 25.26% Currently in Hospitals 1,692 150 445 7,897 2,155 1,723 1,785 58 196 446 0 0 16,102 21,856 Total Hospital Beds 3,492 263 1,168 19,626 5,950 3,841 6,553 460 598 1,183 17 29 42,012 67,613 Currently in ICU 353 61 80 1,710 534 343 427 9 52 88 0 0 3,577 4,745 ICU Beds Available 13 0 23 297 91 36 141 18 24 23 2 4 649 1,111 Case Fatality Rate 1.04% 1.85% 0.71% 1.39% 1.07% 0.64% 0.98% 0.84% 0.96% 0.69% 0.39% 3.42% 1.15% 1.13% 1.67% 2.16% Population* 2,468,145 191,649 927,251 10,257,557 3,228,519 2,217,398 3,370,418 456,373 443,738 852,747 13,961 18,453 23,518,958 40,129,160 330,811,260 7,735,976,000 % of Population 6.15% 0.48% 2.31% 25.56% 8.05% 5.53% 8.40% 1.14% 1.11% 2.13% 0.03% 0.05% 58.61% 0.86% 0.2998% Sources: CDPH, WHO, CDC, Local County Data The date for which case statistics and hospital data were reported. Hospital COVID data are self-reported through a portal managed by the California Hospital Association and pulled at 2pm. COVID case statistics are reported by local health departments to CalREDIE and are pulled at 2pm. Hospital data and case statistics are integrated by the California Department of Technology and made available through the Open Data Portal the following morning. CA Open Data Portal is at least 24 Hours behind although a backlog of new case reports at the State level has ostensibly been cleared, some County dashboards still contain notes that indicate data are missing. *California Demographics from State Database Blueprint Data Chart 12-15-20 & census.gov . Presumptive active cases - A calculation (Total Cases - Recovered - Dead) (* LA and Mono County does not report recovery rates) News US Data State Data More detail on page 2 More detail on page 4 More detail on page 9 Riverside County Data Weather More detail on page 14 More detail on page 17 Prepared by Justin Czerniak [email protected] Page 1 of 17 News – The collection of news articles is related to COVID-19. The inclusion or order of articles is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse the political viewpoints or affiliations included in news coverage. How solar tech could help distribute Covid-19 vaccines in Africa • While the African Union has secured 270 million vaccine doses for distribution across the continent, in addition to those promised by the global vaccine program COVAX, this could still fall short of demand for the region. • Even if enough vaccines are secured, there is an enormous logistical challenge: how to transport temperature-sensitive vaccines to places without reliable electricity and refrigeration. • The answer is in developing a "cold chain" -- a network of vehicles, fridges and cold rooms -- that can be used to transport the vaccine seamlessly from the manufacturer to the immunization point. • Providing solar power to off-grid clinics enables refrigeration as well as other medical procedures. "Fridges need power to run reliably in order to safely store vaccines, or else they will spoil. So we provide the power,". • Reaching the last mile. Gricd, a small Nigerian startup, is hoping to help fill this gap. It's building solar-powered cold boxes for vaccine transportation that can be kept at minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit) and can be controlled remotely and monitored in real time. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/africa/africa-covid-vaccine-cold-chain-spc-intl/index.html Israel is launching Covid immunity passports. Here’s what they allow you to do • Israel has been lauded for deploying what is currently the fastest Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the world. • Less than a month after receiving its first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, the country of 9 million has vaccinated around 20% of its population, and more than 72% of people over the age of 60 have already gotten their first dose of the shot. Israel’s health ministry aims to have 5.2 million of its citizens vaccinated by March. • The vaccinations, officials say, will help the country gradually exit its strict lockdown, and soon with the help of a new document: a Covid-19 vaccination certification, or what’s being called the “green booklet.” • Essentially an immunity passport announced by the Ministry of Health earlier this week, the “green booklet” would be given to people who’ve received two doses of the vaccine. • The booklet would offer vaccinated individuals significant freedom from Covid-19 safety restrictions. People holding it would no longer have to do the following: o Go into isolation after coming in contact with an infected person. o Go into isolation after international traveling to a Covid “red zone,” or countries with very high infection rates. o Have to be tested before entering certain touristy areas, known as “green islands.” • They would still, however, be required to wear a mask in public and maintain social distancing, staying two meters from others and avoiding social gatherings. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/israel-is-launching-covid-immunity-passports-for-vaccinated-citizens.html Brazil rushes to save premature babies as Covid-19 swamps Manaus hospitals • Authorities in the Brazilian Amazon are reportedly racing to save dozens of premature babies after a surge in coronavirus cases caused a catastrophic breakdown in the oxygen supply to hospitals and clinics. • On Friday CNN Brasil reported that the northern state of Amazonas was seeking to transfer at least 60 babies from neonatal units in its capital, Manaus, to hospitals elsewhere in the country. Prepared by Justin Czerniak [email protected] Page 2 of 17 • The emergency request to other state governments came as Brazil’s air force began evacuating coronavirus patients from the riverside city after a deadly interruption in the oxygen supply on Thursday morning. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/brazil-premature-babies-manaus-coronavirus-covid-19 A new Covid variant has been discovered in Brazil — here’s what we know so far • News of the variant in Brazil comes after two separate mutant strains of the virus were discovered in the U.K. and South Africa earlier this year. • The U.K. imposed a ban on travelers from South America (and Portugal and Cape Verde) on Friday in an effort to stop people from bringing the new variant into the country. • Professor Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, said Friday that the world had become “the virus’s playground to mutate and evolve, (especially) in countries which have allowed higher prevalence.” https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/brazil-a-new-covid-variant-has-been-discovered-heres-what-we-know-so-far.html CDC warns highly transmissible coronavirus variant to become dominant in U.S. • In every scenario explored by the CDC, the U.K.